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You buy a SIM card and a top-up at a phone shop: what to say in Czech
You buy a SIM card and a top-up at a mobile shop.
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How it's done. A prepaid SIM (předplacená karta) is sold with a package; a top-up (dobití kreditu) can be bought at the shop, at a till or in the operator's app; you may be asked for an ID.Prepared by the Movko team, November 2026. This is language help, not legal or medical advice: check the rules with the office itself.
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YOU START
Dobrý den, chtěl{|a} bych koupit předplacenou SIM kartu.
DOH-brih dayn, khtyehl bikh KOH-oo-peet PRSHET-pluh-tseh-noh-oo Seem KAHR-too.
Good day, I'd like to buy a prepaid SIM card.
Or say:Dobrý den, hledám SIM kartu bez závazku.
DOH-brih dayn, GLEH-duhm Seem KAHR-too bez ZAH-vuhs-koo.
Speaking as:
THEY SAY
Dobrý den. Máme balíčky od tří set korun. Zahrnují data a volání.DOH-brih dayn. MAH-meh BAH-leech-kih ot trshee set KOH-roon. ZAHGR-nooy-ee DAH-tuh uh VOH-luh-nee.
Good day. We have packages from three hundred crowns. They include data and calls.
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YOU REPLY
Co obsahuje balíček za tři sta korun?
Tsoh OP-suh-goo-eh BAH-lee-chek zah trshee stah KOH-roon?
What is in the three-hundred-crown package?
THEY SAY
Dvacet gigabajtů dat a neomezené volání a zprávy na měsíc.DVAH-tset GEE-guh-bigh-too daht uh NEH-oh-meh-zeh-neh VOH-luh-nee uh SPRAH-vih nuh MNYEH-seets.
Twenty gigabytes of data and unlimited calls and messages for a month.
They might also say:
Dvacet gigabajtů dat a neomezená volání na třicet dní.
DVAH-tset GEE-guh-bigh-too daht uh NEH-oh-meh-zeh-nuh VOH-luh-nee nuh TRSHEE-tset dnee.
Twenty gigabytes of data and unlimited calls for thirty days.
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YOU REPLY
Potřebuji doklad?
POTR-sheh-booy-ee DOH-kluht?
Do I need an ID?
THEY SAY
Ano, ukažte prosím pas. Kartu aktivujeme za pár minut.AH-noh, OO-kuhsh-teh PROH-seem pahs. KAHR-too AHK-tee-voo-eh-meh zah pahr MEE-noot.
Yes, please show your passport. We'll activate the card in a few minutes.
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YOU FINISH
Dobře, tady je pas. Děkuji za pomoc!
DOBR-zheh, TAH-dih yeh pahs. DYEH-kooy-ee zah POH-mots!
Fine, here is my passport. Thank you for the help!
THEY SAY
Rádo se stalo.RAH-doh seh STAH-loh.
My pleasure.
The course is in the app
This dialogue is part of the course “Czech for life in Czechia”: 416 situations with audio, a pronunciation guide and spaced review.
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Words worth knowing
Dobrý
DOH-brih
adjective
good
den
dayn
noun
day
bych
bikh
verb
would
koupit
KOH-oo-peet
verb
to buy
předplacenou
PRSHET-pluh-tseh-noh-oo
adjective
prepaid (accusative)
SIM
Seem
noun
SIM
41 more words, with explanations, base forms and tap-a-word help, are in the app.
If you did not understand
Můžete to zopakovat, prosím?
MOO-zheh-teh toh ZOH-puh-koh-vuht, PROH-seem?
Can you repeat that, please?
Můžete mluvit pomaleji, prosím?
MOO-zheh-teh MLOO-veet POH-muh-lay-ee, PROH-seem?
Can you speak more slowly, please?
Co to znamená?
Tsoh toh ZNAH-meh-nuh?
What does this mean?
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